Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1196, Lovel H Dogan, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Dogans Lovel 56
81196
CONTENTS
banded

22.254 Kentucky
Lovel H Dogan of Pulaski Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Waugh of the regt commanded by Slaughter in the Virginia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Oct 1833 and Applicant Somerset
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 33 $ 30.00 Pemi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar " 10 00
$60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 7

General Pulaski County Ky, Aug. 2 nd 1833.
Secretary of war, Sir please examine my papers, which I again send to you to advise me the result of your examination by letter directed to this place.
Levi H Morgan

State of Kentucky, county of Pulaski, ss.
On this 17 th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Pulaski County Court
now sitting Lovel W Dojan a resident of Pulaski County in the county of and state of Kentucky. aged sixty- eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the follow- ing named officers and served as herein after stated, viz.
A soldier in the militia service, in the state of Virginia - two three months' tours; - 1 st Under Captain John Waugh of Culpep- per county Vir. Colonel James Slaughter of the same county and state, General Muhlensburg who was a regular officer, that he entered the service about the last of March or first of April A.D. 1781 and left the same at the end of a three months' tour, and was in one battle in Petersburg in the month of May, during said tour, that he marched first from Culpepper courthouse to Fredericksburg, thence from Fredericks- burg to Bowlinggreen, from Bowlinggreen a direct course to James river at Sandy point ferry, from there a direct course down to Blackwater, where he joined head quarters and drew arms, then reconnoitred before the British as they were coming up James river, up to Petersburg on Appomattox river, where he was in the battle before stated, thence to the coalpits, thence to Richmond Vir. That he crossed James river at Weyan the night that the British burned Manchester warehouse, from Richmond he marched up to Groundsquirrel bridge, and there he was discharged, the first tour being out
He also states that the second tour commenced, he thinks, about the middle of July 1781 under Captain Ambrose Bosommon, James Murray lieutenant, Nathaniel Welch major

a regular officer Colonel — Edmundson a regular officer, General Edward Stephens of Culpepper County Vir. a regular officer also that he marched first to Mallborn hills 18 miles below Richmond, and there joined head quarters, thence through the different parts of that country to Old Williamsburg, was stationed there about ten days, just above Williamsburg, at an old British camp; thence marched through Williamsburg to Springfield camp 1\frac{1}{2} or 2 miles below Old Williamsburg, stayed there about ten days more, was taken from there on a two days guard about half way between that place and Little York to a mill which Colonel Tarlton and his horse company had burned and the wheat that was in it, the mill and wheat were burned he thinks the day before he got there, and at that place he was disbanded his second tour being out
And he further states that he has no discharge, and that he cannot procure the testimony of any person who was acquainted with, or knowing to his services in the tours of service before stated —
1 st He states that he was born in Culpepper County in the state of Virginia, in A.D. 1764. July the 22 nd day 2 nd That he has a a record of his age; it having been burned  and it is all his knowledge in Pulaski 3 rd That he was living in Culpepper County in the state of Virginia where he was born, when he was called into service; that after the Revolutionary war he still lived in Culpepper County where he was born till in 1806, the latter part of the year, when he started to Kentucky, and in the first part of the year 1807 he arrived in Pulaski County in the state of Kentucky, where he has lived ever since and where he now lives
4 th That he was drafted into service —
5 th That Captain John Waugh, Colonel James Slaughter, General — Muhlenburg, a regular officer, commanded the brigade, regiment and company in which he served the first tour, before stated;

2 nd That Captain Ambrose Behannen, James Murray lieut Major Nathan- iel Welch, Colonel — Edmundson, a regular officer, General Edward Stephens, a regular officer also, commanded the brigade, regiment, battalion, and company in which he served the second tour as before stated
5 th That he never received a discharge, but was discharged by relief of others at the end of each 3 months' tour, who succeeded in his place by routine of tour
7 th He states that Martin Owens, clergyman, General Daniel Inlarles j-, Charles Hays esq and John Hardgrove are persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Levi H rank Doyan
CC. We Martin Owens, clergyman, John B Lea & Henry Farmer residing in the county of Pulaski & state of Kentucky and in the immediate vicinity of the aforesaid Levi H Doyan hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Levi H. Doyan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 88 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Master Owens
John B Lea
Henry Farmer
And we the undersigned certify that the said John B Lea & Henry Farmer are respectable & credible witnesses, as persons, and the said Levi H Doyan as a person

Declared their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant Lovel H Dorgan, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, knew the last surviving witness, that it appears to them, that Martin Evans, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the County of Pulaski, and in the immediate vicinity of said Applicant, and that said John Brea. & Henry Farmer, who has also signed the same, are residents of the said County & the immediate vicinity, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. (A.)
1832 Sept. 29th
Respectfully
13.369 Dorgan's Atty
(A) I William Fox, Clerk of the County Court held for Pulaski County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Lovel H Dorgan, for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Private Seal (no Seal of Office yet provided) at my Office in the Town of Somerset this 29 th day of September 1832, and in the 4 th year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Wm Fox, Clerk
Note, as the Pulaski County Court, hath as yet not provided a Seal of Office, I refer the Department, to the Certificate of the Hon. Nathan Gathan, Member of Congress from this District, to similar documents now on file in the Department.
Wm Fox, Clerk

State of Kentucky, Set. I Nathan Gaither late a member of Congress from the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Will (alias) William Fox, whose signature is affixed to the above and foregoing Certificate on the Declaration and proceedings in the matter of the application of Lovell & Dagan for a pension, was on the day of the date of said Certificate acting Clerk of the Pulaski County Court Kentucky, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature of the said William Fox, I believe to be genuine.
Given under my hand this 2 nd day of August 1833
Nathan Gaither

Samuel Pelski County Ky, Aug. 22 1833.
Secretary of War, Sir please examine my papers, which I again send to you to advise me the result of your examination by letter directed to this place.
Levi H Morgan

13.309 Lovell H. Logan
for 1781 private b month 10/20
Lovell H. Logan Somerset Ky.

13.309.
BRIEF in the case of  Love H. Dogan  County of Pulaski  in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1781 March — 3 — Private. Gen. Capt. John Waugh, Col. James Houghton, Genl. Muhlenburg   1812 July — 3 — " Capt. Ambrose Bohannon, Major Nathaniel Welch, Col. Edmiston, Genl. Edward Stephens  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Petersburg  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Culpepper City, Va.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No seal of office 
* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh
Examining Clerk.
Feb. 18. 1833.

INVALID.
File No.
1196
New Mar am
Love L. Dorgan Pa. Va. Line.
Act:
June 7, 1892.
Index:—Vol.
2
, Page
98
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Lovel H. Dogan which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1892? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No such device

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes  XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.